Mâshôwṭ — H4880

Definition

masculine noun

an oar

1. oar

Usually translated as

oar

Origin

or mishshôwṭ; from H7751

• Derived from Shûwṭ (H7751)

Occurrences

Mâshôwṭ occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (1), Ezekiel (2)

• 1 Samuel 7:16 — And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.
• Ezekiel 27:6 — Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars (מִשּׁוֹטָ֑יִךְ); the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.
• Ezekiel 27:29 — And all that handle the oar (מָשׁ֔וֹט), the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;